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“A dating app?”

“Beatriceher to Mexico next week And…” Mora”

“Oh od, Mom”

“I’ Do you knoard it is to have sex with a man and then have to just sit there for four hours with his raging erection? It’s like a dog that keeps hu the furniture and you have to pretend that it’s not a little repulsive and unnatural”

My drink arrived and I just pushed all the li

“What about Mark?” I asked Mark was her latest gentleo and she’d been all over him But the renovation was over and so, it seemed, was her enthusiasm for him

She pursed her lips, shaking her head “I’s and he watches HGTV How am I supposed to respect a man atches HGTV?”

Mom liked her masculinity effortless and toxic It was part of her charm

“But enough about od, that was fast “We need to talk about your e”

I set down etting up fro away “I don’t want to talk about that”

“It’s been a year, honey A year right in the middle of your prime You won’t always look like this, especially if you start drinking and having french fries for lunch You can’t waste another year married to a man who doesn’t exist”

“He exists, Mom”

I’d woken up that next ht places And there were pictures on e license

My dreaht had been real And then I woke up alone

“You need to get on with your life Find a real husband have hin a prenup so you have real security”

Right, because that worked out so well for you?

That’s what I would ask if I wanted to hurt her And I didn’t want to hurt my mom Not really I mean, it would be nice to have some boundaries, but not if I had to hurt her

Angelina Cuttington was a professional mistress